Over-expression of calpastatin aggravates cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin.
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AIMS Doxorubicin causes damage to the heart, which may present as cardiomyopathy. However, the mechanisms by which doxorubicin induces cardiotoxicity remain not fully understood and no effective prevention for doxorubicin cardiomyopathy is available. Calpains, a family of calcium-dependent thiol-proteases, have been implicated in cardiovascular diseases. Their activities are tightly controlled by calpastatin. This study employed transgenic mice over-expressing calpastatin to investigate the role of calpain in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. METHODS AND RESULTS Doxorubicin treatment decreased calpain activities in cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes and in vivo mouse hearts, which correlated with down-regulation of calpain-1 and calpain-2 proteins. Over-expression of calpastatin or incubation with pharmacological calpain inhibitors enhanced apoptosis in neonatal and adult cardiomyocytes induced by doxorubicin. In contrast, over-expression of calpain-2 but not calpain-1 attenuated doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. The pro-apoptotic effects of calpain inhibition were associated with down-regulation of protein kinase B (AKT) protein and mRNA expression, and a concomitant reduction in glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3β) phosphorylation (Ser9) in doxorubicin-treated cardiomyocytes. Blocking AKT further increased doxorubicin-induced cardiac injuries, suggesting the effects of calpain inhibition may be mediated by inactivating the AKT signalling. In an in vivo model of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, over-expression of calpastatin exacerbated myocardial dysfunction as assessed by echocardiography and haemodynamic measurement in transgenic mice 5 days after doxorubicin injection. The 5-day mortality was higher in transgenic mice (29.16%) compared with their wild-type littermates (8%) after doxorubicin treatment. CONCLUSION Over-expression of calpastatin enhances doxorubicin-induced cardiac injuries through calpain inhibition and thus, calpains may protect cardiomyocytes against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cardiovascular research
دوره 98 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013